OK. They should have avoided the word 'concept' and been more specific. People managed to work all of that out among themselves for at least 50,000 ye...
There was a Hungarian writer back in the 1930's. The book is called Kazohinia. But that doesn't matter. Everyone has a share in the resources and the ...
I know. And 'homeland' was misapplied in this situation. One people's homeland was given to another people, who then systematically persecuted the nat...
You're not alone. I did. Indeed. The British authorities got Arab help in their war effort with promises of aid to their national aspirations. And the...
With the difference that they actually built the houses and worked the farms. The dilemma wasn't over who had a valid reason to live there; it was ove...
In this case, not 'homeland' but 'ancestral homeland'. The difference being: Most of us have been living in many other places, but our long-ago ancest...
He and I may agree on a lot of things, but we don't share a brain! I'm not a fan of DNA tracing for any purpose except forensics and anthropological r...
Rereading Timothy Findley's The Telling of Lies after ten years or more. Still intricate, unexpected and enthralling, as his novels tend to be. I rere...
Christian and Muslim are not definitions of nationhood. They are religious affiliations, professed by citizens of many different countries. No kidding...
Tradition! Tradition! (Ours, of course. Nobody else's counts.) Oddly enough, the Lenape are not getting Manhattan back and then spreading out over all...
I don't even know what it is. I'm guessing bloodlines, DNA sort of thing. In which case, no. (Wouldn't look very good on a Canadian.) That's what it m...
There is no exact external definition of a Jew, any more than there is of a Muslim or a Protestant. They don't all live in the same place or in the sa...
Like I said, it's a slogan, nothing more. It's not just religious people. Nationalists and ideologues of every stripe have a banner story. Interesting...
Ah, so religious identity is distinct from national identity. Arabs - according to the OT, descendants of the unloved sons of Abraham - were also ther...
According to the biblical story, the ancestors wandered all over those lands from Turkey to Egypt. Does that mean modern Israel has a right to occupy ...
Indigenous in what way, according to what source? The OT story has them attacking Jericho without provocation. The real story is lost, though archeolo...
That's a tradition, a history, a memory - not an excuse for carnage. Barred from Jerusalem after the third major revolt. Roman rule was often brutal t...
They've lost it. Like a whole lot of other people. You win some wars and you lose some. If you lose a big one, you lose the land you're living on - wh...
I don't believe that. I think a man feels good when he is valued by his community and his efforts and accomplishments are appreciated. In a greed-base...
Oh, adversarial wasn't what I thought. Thing is, I don't really have a problem with either the concept or the word. I don't think the compilers at Web...
Just answering this! You can certainly do that, if you choose. Mr. Webster was a little more definite. I don't love it, hate it, or care much about it...
Not me, for sure! I really just meant that all effective technology is currently controlled by the mega-rich. I realize that the way they're using tec...
Many people, most notably red-blooded, liberty-loving Americans, including most of those who would benefit from a sensible system of distribution, wou...
That's according to the Israeli news outlet. The IDF releases have said 1combatant to 1.5 or 2 civilians. Unbiased outside authority has insufficient ...
It's never been tried. Sticking a caviar label on a sardine can doesn't make the contents caviar. Even the Russian revolution was partly fake in its i...
Because what you wrote seemed appropriate - not to mention eloquent. Probably not. But there is a whole range of conditions, attitudes and social arra...
Much harder to do and easier to detect. AI is a more efficient tool, that's all. So efficient that it can replicate the best human crafting with zero ...
I just heard about it the other day. https://www.abc27.com/news/ai-programs-can-easily-impersonate-biden-others-to-manipulate-elections-study/ Apparen...
For starters, they shouldn't use AI imagery for election fraud - or any other kind. A pretty image, or cleverly composed design can be appreciated wit...
It's not a question of morality. It's unhygienic, rude and icky. Why would you even think of such an act, unless you're a baby bird? To an extent, it ...
It doesn't and we can't. At the time, I was responding to a particular post, not solving the middle east mess. It shouldn't have been created; the maj...
Then what's the point of the concept? Or the word? Or the activity? Somehow, creative people produce objects and performances that move or inspire or ...
I find it useful to think about entertainment media in different ways. I do some criticism, and this helps me to articulate responses that would other...
There is a notion that simply wouldn't occur to anyone who isn't immersed in ownership culture. Nor would the idea of taking food from a community mem...
If it has been possible, there's reasonable grounds to believe that it will be possible again. Actually, there are many communal arrangements in opera...
How is protecting the people from their own and their neighbours' stupidity turning against them? How does it "suit the authorities" to lose revenue w...
If you refuse to share and others are hungry, that's exactly what will happen. You can get upset, and a fragmented, selfish society will shrug and wal...
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